S&P Global Platts launches five new Supramax dry bulk freight assessments to reflect the increasing liquidity on coal trade from South Kalimantan, Indonesia and Richards Bay, South Africa, to Navalakhi, West Coast India, and Paradip in East Coast India respectively ... Read more »

Effective September 22, 2016, Platts discontinues its ex-wharf and delivered bunker fuel assessments of
IFO 380, IFO 180 and MGO in Portland, Oregon. This discontinuation also includes the Portland bunker barging rate and all relevant monthly average assessments.
The discontinuation reflects changing ... Read more »

On June 1, 2016, Platts launched a new Supramax dry bulk freight assessment reflecting the trade route of limestone from Persian Gulf to India.
The new assessment will reflect the growing spot fixture activity basis loading at Mina Saqr, UAE, as ... Read more »

On June 3, 2016, Platts launched a new Panamax dry bulk freight assessment reflecting the trade route of metallurgical coal from West Coast Canada to East Coast India.
The new assessment will reflect spot fixture activity basis loading at West Coast ... Read more »

Effective June 1, 2016, Platts launches two new clean tanker assessments from the US Gulf Coast to Northeast Asia. The new assessments will reflect an established trade route for clean products and aromatics transported on Clean Petroleum Products (CPP) Medium ... Read more »

On April 1, 2016, Platts launched two new dirty barge assessments for cross-Rotterdam and Rotterdam-Antwerp routes.
The new assessments reflect established trade routes for fuel oil transported on barges in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) area, and are based on double-hull barge tonnage. ... Read more »

Effective April 1, 2016, Platts starts publishing two new freight assessments for 10,000 mt paraxylene spot cargoes from the ports of Mangalore and Sikka on the west coast of India to East China and South China/Taiwan on a weekly basis.
The ... Read more »

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